Young v. Sartor

Plaintiffs allege that they bought a certain rice plantation from defendants under a representation that said plantation had sufficient timber upon it to supply the pumping machine for at least 10 years; that in point of fact the timber on said plantation had previously been sold; wherefore they claim $5,450 damages.

The defense is that, on the contrary, plaintiffs were informed that the timber had been sold; and, moreover, that said sale had been duly registered according to law.

In point of fact the sale of the timber had been registered, but plaintiffs had not searched the record; but the…